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If Flutter is a car, Python is at least four different models of car, plus three models of light truck and one airplane. The scope of Python's standard library

• malkia 2y ago
  true, but still - these libraries can be updated independently, one from each other - with a framework, things have to be orchestrated.
  • lolinder 2y ago
    In general in PLs this is not true—the standard library is usually very carefully designed and all of its interactions are well-considered—but Python's libraries do seem to be more independently-updated than most. Even so, isn't that an argument for a smaller, integrated team for the framework, rather than a large one made of ~1000 volunteers? A tightly-knit framework is much more likely to suffer from too many chefs than a disparate collection of library functions. Between the parallelization problems inherent in a tight framework and the fact that its total surface area is also smaller than a PL that's maintained by about the same number of people, it sure doesn't sound like Flutter's problem lies in developer headcount.
• DeathArrow 2y ago
  And Python is written in C, unlike Flutter which is written in Dart.
  • zigzag312 2y ago
    Flutter engine is mostly written in C++. Other parts are written in Dart like you said.